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Samenvatting
- Yes, many atheists celebrate Christmas: in a Pew Research Center survey of December 2013, 87% of religiously unaffiliated Americans (atheists, agnostics and “nothing in particular”) said they keep it, and 68% saw it as more a cultural than a religious holiday.
- Their Christmas looks like their neighbors’, with 89% planning to buy gifts, 84% to gather with family or friends, 73% to have a tree and 16% to attend religious services.
- Pew asked again in 2017 and found much the same: 85% of religious “nones” celebrate Christmas, 69% as more of a cultural holiday, and 12% planned to attend services.
- Atheists do not agree about the holiday, since American Atheists’ 2010 billboard urged them to stop going through the motions, while Richard Dawkins said in 2024 that he loves “hymns and Christmas carols.”
- Some keep secular December holidays instead, such as HumanLight (December 23, first held in 2001) and Festivus (December 23, known from a 1997 Seinfeld ).
- An atheist can go to church at Christmas: the US Catholic bishops welcome non-Christians at Mass and ask them not to receive Communion.
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- Pew Research Center, “Celebrating Christmas and the Holidays, Then and Now,” 18 december 2013 (onderzoek onder 2.001 volwassenen, 3–8 december 2013), volledig rapport. https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2013/12/Christmas-survey-2013-full-report.pdf
- Pew Research Center, “Americans Say Religious Aspects of Christmas Are Declining in Public Life,” 12 december 2017 (onderzoek uitgevoerd van 29 november t/m 4 december 2017), volledig rapport. https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/12/Christmas-Survey-2017-Full-report.pdf
- “New Jersey Billboard Promotes Atheism by Asking Motorists to ‘Celebrate Reason’,” Fox News, 28 November 2010. https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-jersey-billboard-promotes-atheism-by-asking-motorists-to-celebrate-reason
- Robert Smith, “‘War On Christmas’ Spreads To Lincoln Tunnel,” Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR, 11 December 2010. https://www.npr.org/2010/12/11/131988679/War-On-Christmas-Spreads-To-Lincoln-Tunnel
- “Beroemde atheïst Richard Dawkins zegt dat hij zichzelf als een ‘cultureel christen’ beschouwt,” National Catholic Register (CNA), 3 april 2024. https://www.ncregister.com/cna/famous-atheist-richard-dawkins-says-he-considers-himself-a-cultural-christian
- “HumanLight,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HumanLight
- “Festivus,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, “Guidelines for the Reception of Communion,” goedgekeurd op 14 november 1996. https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/order-of-mass/liturgy-of-the-eucharist/guidelines-for-the-reception-of-communion
- “Umfrage: Gut jeder Dritte will Weihnachten in die Kirche,” katholisch.de, 23 December 2018. https://www.katholisch.de/artikel/20090-umfrage-gut-jeder-dritte-will-weihnachten-in-die-kirche
- Jehovah’s Getuigen, “Waarom vieren Jehovah’s Getuigen geen Kerstmis?” https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/why-not-celebrate-christmas/
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